Grant of Options
18 April 2024
Beowulf Mining plc
("Beowulf" or the "Company")
Grant of Options
Beowulf (AIM: BEM; Spotlight: BEO) announces that the Board has approved the award of options granted under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) to certain directors and senior management as follows:
| Position | Number of Options awarded | Total number of Options held | |
| Ed Bowie | Chief Executive Officer | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Rasmus Blomqvist | Managing Director, Grafintec | 20,000,000 | 23,500,000 |
| Johan Röstin | Non-Executive Chairman | 18,000,000 | 18,000,000 |
| Chris Davies | Non-Executive Director | 9,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
| Mikael Schauman | Non-Executive Director | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
| Ismet Krasniqi | Non-Executive Director, Vardar Minerals Limited | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
| Other | Employees | 16,000,000* | 16,750,000 |
Note: the Employee options include an option award to Dmytro Siergieiev that has been approved by the Board but these options will only be granted after the start of his employment as Project Director at Jokkmokk Iron Mines AB on 1 May 2024
The Company’s LTIP was established with advice from a leading independent consultancy specialising in the planning, design, and implementation of business-driven pay and reward strategies. The LTIP is designed to retain and incentivise key employees and Directors.
The options are exercisable at a price of 0.75 pence per share, vest over three years, in three equal proportions, a third on each subsequent anniversary of the date of grant and are valid for 10 years from the date of grant.
This award of options is for a total of 128,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the capital of the Company, representing approximately 6.6 per cent of the existing issued share capital. Following the award of the options, there will be 158,500,000 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each of the Company under option to directors, senior management and employees of the Company, representing 8.2 per cent of the existing issued share capital of the Company.
Enquiries:
Beowulf Mining plc
Ed Bowie, Chief Executive Officer ed.bowie@beowulfmining.com
SP Angel
(Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)
Ewan Leggat / Stuart Gledhill / Adam Cowl Tel: +44 (0) 20 3470 0470
Alternative Resource Capital
(Joint Broker)
Alex Wood Tel: +44 (0) 20 7186 9004
BlytheRay
Tim Blythe / Megan Ray Tel: +44 (0) 20 7138 3204
Cautionary Statement
Statements and assumptions made in this document with respect to the Company’s current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs, and other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Beowulf. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those using words such as “may”, “might”, “seeks”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “believes”, “projects”, “plans”, strategy”, “forecast” and similar expressions. These statements reflect management’s expectations and assumptions in light of currently available information. They are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to , (i) changes in the economic, regulatory and political environments in the countries where Beowulf operates; (ii) changes relating to the geological information available in respect of the various projects undertaken; (iii) Beowulf’s continued ability to secure enough financing to carry on its operations as a going concern; (iv) the success of its potential joint ventures and alliances, if any; (v) metal prices, particularly as regards iron ore. In the light of the many risks and uncertainties surrounding any mineral project at an early stage of its development, the actual results could differ materially from those presented and forecast in this document. Beowulf assumes no unconditional obligation to immediately update any such statements and/or forecast.
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| a) | Name | Beowulf Mining Plc | |||||||||||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800MV3XGAOASPT433 | |||||||||||||||
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| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | ordinary shares of 0.1p each | |||||||||||||||
| Identification code | GB0033163287 | ||||||||||||||||
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 18 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange / Spotlight | |||||||||||||||